北京市第二中学2025-2026学年高三上学期开学测英语试题

北京二中2025一2026学年度高三年级开学测试试卷 英语 命题人：朱亚华、王奕丹审核人：付春雨得分： 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分) 第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项。 My twin sister,,Dawm,born with cerebral palsy(脑瘫)，has to wear braces(背带)on her legs and walk with the help of a stick,often causing people to1 and point.As Dawn was the only "different"child in our neighborhood,we were constantly picked on.We never had any friends because of her condition.I began to2Dawn and was embarrassed to be seen with her.So I did everything to get her into trouble to3her being born mentally and physically disabled. When I turned twelve,my mother was so displeased with my behavior.She figured I was old enough to know better.One day she threw me in my bedroom and gave me a thick yellow book. What I saw in that book 4 the way I viewed my disabled sister. There were many baby pictures of Dawn and me dressed alike,the only5:I looked small and peaceful while Dawn was hooked up to tubes and needles and machines.If you looked closely,you could see the 6 in her eyes though she was always smiling.One picture stood out:we were hugging each other.The words below read,"I'm so happy to have a twin sister,Netti. The doctors make me cry.She makes me laugh."Looking back,I realized how7I had been! I had never put myself in Dawn's shoes!Feeling8,I cried myself to sleep. Later,Dawn came into my room to wake me up for dinner.I kissed her and hugged her 9 like in the picture. From then on,I was Dawn's protector.No one was going to hurt her for any reason.We are 10.I am the other half of her and she is my world. 1.A.complain B.wander C.stare D.envy 2 A.hate B.pity C.disturb D.warn 3.A put up with B.make use of C.keep track of D.get back at 4.A.formed B changed C.explained D.confirmed 5.A.problem B.spotlight C.similarity D difference 6.A.courage B.disappointment C pain D.concern 7.A.rude B selfish C.responsible D.innocent 8.A.helpless B.unhappy C.desperate D.ashamed 9.A.politely B.seriously C.tightly D.purposely 10.A.irreplaceable B.undefeatable C.unimaginable D.inseparable 第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分) 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在 给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 A Space exploration began in 1957,when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.Yuri Gagarin11_(become)the first person to orbit()the earth in 1961.In 1969,Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk12 the moon.Since then,space exploration has advanced very_13_(rapid).It has produced much14_(amaze)technology that brings changes to the world. 6 Leaf-cutter ants are interesting.15_(look)for leaves,the larger ants usually go out in groups. They bite off bits of leaves and carry them back.Watching these ants march in single file,carrying leaves,is quite a sight.These ants can carry a leaf that16_(weigh)20 times more than they do. The leaves _17_(collect)by the ants are not for eating.They are brought back so fungus() can grow on them.The fungus is the food for the ants. Storyboards are a set of drawings to tell a story and a powerful way to visually present information.The original storyboards,_18_were used in movie-making,showed stories broken up into pieces.Each piece of the story19(draw)out on a card and stuck to a board in order. People were then able to talk about and revise the story by checking one part at a time.That is 20 I know about storyboards. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Uses of Banana Peels()You Probably Ignored Soothes the itchy(发痒的)insect bites With the good weather approaching,various bugs,insects and mosquitoes multiply.If you want to relieve the sting or bite of these insects naturally,banana peel can help you.Rub the red, inflamed bites with the inside of the banana peel.The banana polysaccharides (infiltrate the skin and reduce the swell. Spring then summer is coming,and there's one little annoying thing:the flies.To catch them, you can make a trap made of natural ingredients.All you will need is a large yogurt cup,banana peels,a'hammer and a nail.Make holes at the bottom of the yogurt cup with the hammer and nail, place the banana peels inside,turn it over,and place it near the food that you are trying to protect. Flies will get into the sweet smell in the holes,but there is no way out of the yogurt cup. Cheap and simple teeth whitening You don't have to spend a huge amount of your salary on aesthetic dentistry to make your teeth whiter.Simply rub your freshly-brushed teeth with the inside of the banana peel every day for about 2 minutes.Salicylic acid in bananas gently bleaches teeth,effectively eliminating dirt which causes discoloration. Water purification This effect was the most surprising for us.The Sao Paulo Research Foundation,led by Gustavo R.Castro,tested the suitability of banana peels for the treatment of wastewater from industrial plants.It turned out that the banana peel adsorbs heavy metals such as lead and copper from the water. Erases the ink stain(污点) If ink gets on your skin,it is difficult to clean it off.Only with water and soap is it almost impossible to make your hands clean.But the good news is that the banana peel is good for that- rub the patches on the inside of the peel and see how they disappear. 21.According to the passage,in which of the following situations can banana peels be of some help? A You are disturbed by raosquitoes flying nearby. B You are bitten by a bec-in the garden. C.You are suffering from a toothache D.Your coat is stained with oil. 22.Which of the following is the best heading for paragraph 2? A Facial-mask B.Pain Reliever C Natural fly trap D.Reduces wrinkles 23.How can banana peels help purify water? A.By protecting the water from insects. B.By reducing some chemical elements. C By adding some nutrition to the water. D.By removing the smell of the wastewater. B Honk if You Love Birds When Ariel Cordova-Rojas rode her bike to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens,New York,last November,she planned to go hiking and bird-watching.Bingo!A mile into her walk,she spotted a gorgeous female mute swan near the water's edge.Cordova-Rojas,30,who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitation center in Manhattan,knew that mute swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this one,it didn't move. She was certain that the bird needed medical attention.Cordova-Rojas draped her jacket over the bird's head to keep it calm,carefully picked it up,and held it in her arms.And then a thought struck her:What do I do now? Her best bet was the rehab center,but that was across the East River and clear on the other side of town.How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way?Luckily,some bemused strangers driving by offered her,her bike,and the swan a lift to a nearby subway station. On the subway,no one seemed particularly annoyed by the feathered passenger."One guy", says Cordova-Rojas,"was sitting right in front of me on his phone.I don't know if he noticed there was a swan in front of him." Cordova-Rojas called the rehab center on the way,and Tristan Higgin,an animal-care manager, picked her up at the subway station and drove bird,bike,and rescuer to the facility.There,staff members determined that the swan might have lead poisoning,caused by swallowing weights used on fishing lines. The staff got the swan back up on her webbed feet.She even made a boyfriend at the center- another injured swan.Sadly,even with all that TLC,the swan contracted a bacterial infection.Two months after Cordova-Rojas came to her rescue,she passed away. It's a disappointing ending,but the real story is just how far some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city-literally."In all,Cordova-Rojas traveled two hours by foot,car,and subway,"says Higginbotham,"That's the perfect summary of who she is." 24.What happened when Ariel Cordova-Rojas went on her trip to Queens? A She was attacked by an aggressive swan when watching birds. B She discovered a sick mute swan and took it to the rehab center. C A female swan was transported to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. D.A female swan was lifted to the nearby subway station by strangers. 25.What can we learn about the swan in the passage? A.It had never been to a rehab center before B It bothered the travelers on the subway. C It was poisoned and then contracted an infection D It was successfully rescued by all the passers-by. 26.Which of the following words can best describe Aricl Cordova-Rojas? A.Enthusiastic and creative. B.Cooperative and generous. C.Responsible and ambitious D Warm-hearted and professional. C This week I watched an international news program and saw what looked like most of the planet-the Americas,Africa,Europe,Asia-painted in bright oranges and reds.Fahrenheit( temperatures in three-digit numbers seemed to burn all over on the world map. Heat records have burst around the globe.This very weekend,crops are burning,roads are bending and seas are rising,while lakes recede,or even disappear.Ice sheets melt in rising heat,and wildfires attack forests.People are dying in this heat.Lives of all kinds are threatened,in cities, fields,seas,deserts and forests.Wildlife,farm animals,insects and human beings are in pain. The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO)says there is more deadly heat in our future because of climate change caused by our species on this planet.Even with advances in wind, solar and other alternative energy sources,and international promises and agreements,the world still derives about 80%of its energy from fossil fuels,like oil,gas and coal,which release the carbon dioxide that's warmed the climate to the current temperatures of this hot summer.The WMO's chief,Petteri Taalas,said this week,"In the future these kinds of heatwaves are going to be 0omal.” The most alarming word in his forecast might be:"normal."I'm of a generation that thought of summer as a sunny time for children.I think of long days spent outdoors without worry,playing games or just wandering.John Updike wrote in his poem,"June": The sun is rich And gladly pays In golden hours, Silver days, And long green weeks That never end. School's out.The time Is ours to spend. There's Little League, Hopscotch,the creek, And,after supper, Hide-and-seek. The live-long light Is like a dream... But now that bright,"live-long light,"of which Updike wrote,might look threatening in a summer like this. -高三年级开学统测试卷英语第4页（共8页） The extremely hot weeks that we see this year cause one to wonder if our failures to care for the planet given to us will make our children look forward to summer,or fear another season of heat. 27.What does the underlined word "derive"in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A.Get. B Reduce. C.Waste. D Save. 28.According to WMO, A.alternative energy is the solution to climate change B.the heatwaves are caused by the advanced technology C agreements need to be signed to deal with climate change 郑 D.use of traditional energy is responsible for the heatwaves 29.Why does the author mention John Updike's poem? A To describe the beauty of summer. B.To indicate the end of happy summers. C To compare different feelings about summer. D.To suggest ways for children to spend summer. 30.Which might be the best title for the passage? A.What leads to a hot summer B.Children are afraid of summer C Burning summers are the future D.How we can survive a hot summer D Will there ever be another Einstein?This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year.A new Einstein will emerge,scientists say.But it may take a long time.After all,more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival,Isaac Newton. Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn't been born yet,or is a baby now.That's because the quest for a unified theory that would account for all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits.New math must be created before the problem can be solved. But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon. For one thing,physics is a much different field today.In Einstein's day,there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide,and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare. Education is different,too.One crucial aspect of Einstein's training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager-Kant,Schopenhauer and Spinoza,among others.It taught him how to think independently and abstractly about space and time,and it wasn't long before he became a philosopher himself. "The independence created by philosophical insight is-in my opinion-the mark of distinction between a mere artisan()or specialist and a real seeker after truth,"Einstein wrote in1944. And he was an accomplished musician.The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem. Today,universities have produced millions of physicists.There aren't many jobs in science for them,so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical- and rewarding-efforts. "Maybe there is an Einstein out there today,"said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene but it would be a lot harder for him to be heard. 一高三年级开学统测试卷英语第5页（共8页） Especially considering what Einstein was proposing. "The actual fabric of space and time curving?My God,what an idea!"Greene said at a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute."It takes a certain type of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe you'll find the solution." Perhaps the best examples are the five scientific papers Einstein wrote in his"miracle year"of 1905.These "thought experiments"were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious joumal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown.There were no footnotes or citations. What might happen to such a submission today? "We all get papers like those in the mail,"Greene said."We put them in the junk file." 31.What do scientists seem to agree upon,judging from the first two paragraphs? A Einstein pushed mathematics almost to its limits. B.It will take another Einstein to-build a unified theory. C No physicist is likely.to surpass Einstein in the next 200 years. D.It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges. 32.W hat was critical to Einstein's success? A His talent as an accomplished musician B.His independent and abstract thinking. C.His untiring effort to fulfill his potential. D.His solid foundation in math theory. 33.What does the author tell us about physicists today? A.They tend to feglect training in analytical skills. B They are very good at solving practical problems. C.They attach great importance to publishing academic papers. D.They often go into fields yielding greater financial benefits. 34.What does Brian Greene imply by saying "..it would be a lot harder for him to be heard" (Underlined,Para.9)? A.People have to cempete in order to get their papers published. B.It is hard for a scientist to have his papers published today. C.Papers like Einstein's would unlikely get published today. D.Nobody will read papers on apparently ridiculous theories. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Sometimes in our life we face this problem:loved ones as well as strangers annoying us.At home,we've had to put up with children screaming during online meetings,and family members on the computer all the time.35 Kindness seems like a distant memory.The ability to live peacefully with annoying housemates or neighbors seems more difficult than ever.36 If we take kindness as a skill, making it a daily practice,it will come easier over time. 37Loving Kindness Meditation ()(LKM),which dates back to the time of its roots to early Buddhism,helps us find sympathy for one another even during trying times.The meditation asks us to send thoughts of loving kindness to loved ones,then to acquaintances (people you don't know very well)and finally to challenging people.Over time,our unkind thoughts are replaced with more open,accepting ones.Anger is replaced by love,or at least kindness. -高三年级开学统测试卷英语第6页（共8页） Donald Altman,a psychotherapist from Portland,Oregon,says LKM helps us recognize we are all weak and have been hurt.38 So how?To begin with,Altman suggests finding a quiet place to sit.He says to then imagine a favorite family member or friend sending you the words,"May you be well,happy and at peace" After a few minutes,direct the words at yourself,"May I be well,happy and at peace."3 Replace the "I"with the name of a teacher or coach,then a family member or friend,then an acquaintance,and finally an unfriendly person in your life.End the meditation by spreading the blessing to all living beings. Indeed,we should find our own way toward LKM-but only if we are prepared to access its benefits and extend them to anyone who may need them. A.The good news is that it isn't lost. B.Luckily,we can look to ancient disciplines for guidance. C At work,we've had to face the added pressure these demanding jobs create. D Then,extend the blessing to other people,in order of decreasing fondness. E For that reason,we could all benefit from love's warm and comforting blessing. F.You can combine the words with breathing,repeating a phrase of love for yourself. G Outside,we've encountered drivers speeding on busy roads and passengers talking loudly on the subway. 第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分) 第一节阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41小题各2分，第42小题3分，第43小题5分，共12分) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 When trying to memorize new material,it's easy to assume that the more work you put in,the better you will perform.Yet taking the occasional rest time-to do nothing at all-may be exactly what you need.Just dim the lights,sit back,and enjoy 10-15 minutes of quiet thinking,and you'll find that your memory of the facts you have just learnt is far better than if you had attempted to use that moment more productively. The remarkable memory-boosting benefits of undisturbed rest were first documented in 1900 by the German psychologist Georg Elias Muller and his student Alfons Pilzecker.In one of their many experiments on memory consolidation,Muller and Pilzecker first asked their participants to learn a list of meaningless syllables.Following a short study period half the group were immediately given a second list to learn-while the rest were given a six-minute break before continuing. When tested one-and-a-half hours later,the two groups showed strikingly different patterns of recall.The participants given the break remembered nearly 50%of their list,compared to an average of 28%for the group who had been given no time to recharge their mental batteries.The finding suggested that our memory for new information is especially weak just after it has first been memorised,making it more sensitive to interference from new information. Taking reguiar periods of rest,without distraction,could help us all hold onto new material a little more firmly.Afer all,for many studenis,the 10-30%improvements recorded in some studies could mark the difference between A grade or B.'I can imagine you could include these 10-15- minute breaks within a revision period,"says Aidan Horner at the University of York,"and that might be a useful way of making small improvements to your ability to remember later on." 一高三年级开学统测试卷英语第7页（共8页） In the age of information overload,it's worth remembering that our smartphones aren't the only thing that necds a regular recharge,our minds clearly do too. 40.According to the first paragraph,what is a good way to boost memory while memorizing new material? 41.What did Gcorg and Alfons'finding suggest? 42.Pleasc decide which part is falsc in the following statement,then underline it and explain why. To enhance the memory ahility,Aidan Horner encourages students to have breaks while taking exams. 43.Besides boosting your mcmory,what clsc can you do to improve your academic performance? (In about 40 words) 第二节（20分) 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jm来信说他参加了学校文化艺术比赛 并获奖，同时询问你喜欢的文化艺术形式，请你用英语给他回信，内容包括： 1.表示祝贺。 2.分享你喜欢的一种文化艺术形式。 注意：1.词数100左右： 2.开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jim, Yours, LiHua